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Exodus fear in Greece's north as brown coal plants close
Ptolemaida, Greece (AFP) Dec 27, 2025 Mayor Panagiotis Plakentas fears what will happen to the town of Ptolemaida and the surrounding region when the last of the brown coal power plants in northern Greece close next year. He told AFP that eight out of 10 young people who leave the region to study never come back and it risks "turning into Detroit", the US city devastated by the collapse of the car industry. Western Macedonia has for decades been the centre of Greece's brown coal mining industry that fed its lignite-fired power stati ... read more |
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Global coal demand expected to hit record in 2025: IEAParis, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record in 2025, the IEA said Wednesday, thanks in part to policy measures introduced by the Trump administration to boost the industry. ... more
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more 
EU moves to bar 'green' labels for fossil fuel investmentsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 20, 2025 The European Commission said Thursday it wants to exclude companies involved in fossil fuels from financial products marketed as "sustainable" in the EU, a step long demanded by environmental groups and experts. ... more |
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US government aims to open more public lands to coal mining Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 The US government said Monday it intends to open huge swaths of public land to coal mining, coupled with a $625 million investment to "expand and reinvigorate" the industry that is a major contributor to climate change. ... more 
China coal power surges even as renewables hit record highBeijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 China saw a surge in new coal power in the first half of the year even as the country added record levels of clean energy capacity, according to a report published Monday. Coal has been a pi ... more
Six university students drown during mine visit in China: state mediaBeijing (AFP) July 23, 2025 Six students from a Chinese university drowned on Wednesday after falling into a flotation tank during a study tour of a mine, according to state media. ... more
SAfrica's coal dependency puts economy at risk: reportJohannesburg (AFP) June 9, 2025 South Africa's coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and companies seek carbon-free imports, the Net Zero Tracker watchdog said Monday. ... more
Glencore CEO defends "tough decisions" as unions lambast job cutsZug, Switzerland (AFP) May 28, 2025 The chief executive of Swiss mining and commodity trading giant Glencore said Wednesday the company had to make "tough decisions" as unions and NGOs criticised plans to cut down output and jobs. ... more |
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Trump loosens coal mining restrictions as part of efforts aimed at 'unleashing American energy'
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025 President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to make the United States "energy dominant" and "unleash" the nation's energy reserves, including coal. "Today, we took historic action to help American workers, miners, families and consumers," Trump said Tuesday in a Truth Social post. "We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all, and we're going to put the miners back to work!" Trump announced his support for coal mining while signing se ... read more
New coal capacity hit 20-year low in 2024: reportBangkok (AFP) April 3, 2025 The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India. ... more |
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Finland closes last coal-fired power plantHelsinki (AFP) April 1, 2025 Finnish energy company Helen said Tuesday it had closed the country's last active coal-fired power plant, ushering in "the end of the era of coal" for the Nordic country. ... more
Indonesia industrial coal power plans undercut emissions pledge: reportJakarta (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 Indonesia's planned expansion of "captive" coal plants used to power industry is threatening its pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 2030 and close all coal-fired plants by a decade later, said a report published Thursday. ... more
China's 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals: reportBeijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 China began construction last year on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising its goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published on Thursday. ... more
China's 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals: reportBeijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country's goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday. ... more
Record year for coal in 2024, world's hottest yearParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 World coal use is set to reach an all-time high in 2024, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, in a year all but certain to be the hottest in recorded history. ... more |
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